(16 Dec 2025) ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing, China - 16 December 2025 Spokesperson: Guo Jiakun 1. Japanese Foreign Minister stated that the Japanese government respects and understands China’s position on the Taiwan issue. What’s China’s comments? “The recent states show that Japan is still being evasive and intentionally creating trouble on issues of critical importance, in an attempt to mislead the public and hope that somehow the issue will resolve by itself. China firmly opposes it.” 2. Donald